S 703
98th Congress
Senate
Social Welfare
Corrections and Correctional Institutions
Old age, survivors and disability insurance
Prisoners
Social security eligibility
A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide that no payments may be made under such title to inmates of penal institutions.
Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 10, 1983
Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB, Treasury Department, Health and Human Services Department.
Mar 8, 1983
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Mar 8, 1983
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to prohibit the payment of title II benefits to an incarcerated felon during any month of confinement. Treats the benefits withheld as having been paid to the felon for purposes of the payment of benefits to other persons so entitled on the basis of the wages and self-employment income of the felon.
Requires that Federal, State, and local agencies make available to the Secretary of Health and Human Services, upon request, the names and social security numbers of any incarcerated felons under their jurisdiction.
What's happening now
Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB, Treasury Department, Health and Human Services Department.
Committees of jurisdiction
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